Which Maintenance System Should Be Adopted?

The maintenance system adopted should be

(a) Which reduces the cost of maintenance?

(b) Which make the equipment available for operation uninterruptedly allowing for normal time required for periodical overhauls?

(c) Which give steady operation of equipment for producing quality production at minimum cost before breakdown?

The purpose of the maintenance system is to secure reliable performance from the system.

Maintenance system outputs

(a) Schedule for the execution of selected policies.

(b) Reports prepared covering maintenance work done.

Total maintenance cost = cost of preventive maintenance cost of corrective maintenance + cost of downtime for desired degree of reliability.